[BC] Goodbye Local Radio-pass me the Kleenex

[Douglas B. Pritchett]

Yes, it's sad. The industry I grew up in has changed so dramatically, 
it's astounding. And it's not the technological advances. It's the 
business itself. Years ago the landscape was dotted with broadcasters 
who were business people (people), now it's business people 
(corporations with stockholders demanding absurd dividends) who happen 
to own hundreds of broadcast stations. Profit comes first, dividends 
second, then service to a community somewhere down the list. I'm 
fortunate to have experienced  what I have, the future passes me by each 
day. I'm a dinosaur. But we played the hits, had genuine fun without 
offending, and actually provided a service. Today, it's a license to 
print money......screw the public, but don't mess with the stockholders.
Should have gone to law school. Instead I was a radio guy.
Now I think I'll have my milk and cookies and go to bed.....

-- 
Douglas B. Pritchett
Fort Wayne, IN
dpritchett1 at comcast.net

Donna Halper wrote:

>   I feel kind of badly to see yet another local station and another 
> local owner depart.  Is this really what progress is about?